<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Celtics-Jaylen-Brown-Kyrie-Irving-Nets.jpg"></figure><h1>Jaylen Brown fires back at Kyrie Irving’s remarks on racist Celtics fans</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-05-28T16:45:24-07:00">May 28th, 4:45pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-05-28T16:46:10-07:00">May 28th, 4:46pm</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Freelance Sports Journalist.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>While the likes of Jayson Tatum, Marcus Smart, and Danny Ainge have all responded to Kyrie Irving’s remarks about racist fans in Boston, Jaylen Brown has now chimed in. The Celtics star, who is unfortunately out until next season with a hamstring injury,<a href="https://twitter.com/KeithSmithNBA/status/1398420837141778435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1398420837141778435%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php"> wasn’t pleased with Irving’s comments</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown: "I know not every Celtics fan is a racist. We have a lot of fans from all walks of life and all colors. Painting every Celtics fan as a racist is unfair, but Boston we have a lot of work to do."</p><p>— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/KeithSmithNBA/status/1398420837141778435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">May 28, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>While Brown did acknowledge that racism is indeed real in Boston, he clearly thinks it’s unfair for Kyrie to make the comments he did. After all, his time in a Celtics uniform didn’t go very well in the first place so there’s no love lost.</p><p>For context, Irving initially said that he was hoping to not hear any racist remarks when he returns to the TD Garden on Friday night. Ainge fired back on Thursday, saying he’s never heard a Celtics fan make any comments of that nature.</p><p>However, Smart actually backed up the Nets star and said that he has heard these remarks before from<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/boston-celtics/roster"> the Celtics</a> faithful. As for Brown, he also continued on to bash Kyrie for bringing this up when they’re in the heat of a playoff series:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown says he was urged to share his perspective: "Racism should be addressed. Systemic racism should be addressed. It should be addressed in Boston and throughout the United States. But I do not like the way it was brought up in the construct of a playoff game."</p><p>— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/KeithSmithNBA/status/1398420144079114246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">May 28, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>This comes just after two different fans were banned in New York and Philly after one spit on Trae Young, while the other threw popcorn on Russell Westbrook. Whether Irving has heard these comments or not, Brown has made it clear: Celtics fans and all supporters must have more respect for these players.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaylen Brown fires back at Kyrie Irving’s remarks on racist Celtics fans

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image_2021-05-14_222308.png"></figure><h1>Jaylen Brown and the 4 best star sidekicks overlooked in the NBA card market</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-05-14T07:31:22-07:00">May 14th, 7:31am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-05-14T07:31:22-07:00">May 14th, 7:31am</time><address><a>Julio Luis Munar</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cards</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The main ingredient for any team in the NBA to win it big is a superstar. Take a look around the league, and you’ll find every team does have one. The Los Angeles Lakers have LeBron James, the Golden State Warriors employ Stephen Curry, and there’s Jayson Tatum with the Boston Celtics. Of course, these squads wouldn’t be able to compete without the presence of a second option in the lineup. That sweet spot is often an overlooked opportunity within the NBA card market.</p><p>As compared to these stars, these sidekicks are often under-appreciated in the card market. Even though they contribute solid stats and help their team win, these guys go below the radar when it comes to their card prices. We take a look below which of these sidekicks are great investment options card enthusiasts can make a profit from.</p><h2><b>Jaylen Brown Cards</b></h2><p>Although Jaylen Brown recently went down with a wrist injury, it can’t be denied this season is the best one of his career so far. In 34.5 minutes per game, the wing averaged 24.7 points, six rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 1.2 steals. He was also shooting a career-high 39% on 7.1 attempts from downtown. This isn’t far from Tatum’s 26.4 points, 7.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 1.2 steals per contest.</p><figure><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/gl8AAOSwAQBgjfy2/s-l1600.jpg"><figcaption>NBA rookie cards Jaylen Brown</figcaption></figure><p>Unfortunately, the Boston Celtics’ disappointing 35-35 record and his season-ending injury have overshadowed Brown’s incredible performance this year. His PSA 10 base Prizm rookie card has also dropped from <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/294148766233?hash=item447ca1fa19:g:CtwAAOSw6Opgifdw">$340</a> at the end of April to <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/363386676242?hash=item549b88a412:g:LrIAAOSw909glEQE">$255</a> this week, making him <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-reasons-why-jaylen-brown-needs-to-be-your-next-nba-rookie-card-investment/">a good investment</a> for next season.</p><p> </p><h2><b>Bam Adebayo Cards</b></h2><p>While the Boston Celtics have to go through the Play-In Tournament, the Miami Heat have escaped from it during the recent weeks. Along with Jimmy Butler’s All-NBA performance, a good part of the credit belongs to Bam Adebayo.</p><p>The All-Star center is doing it all on both ends of the court by posting 18.9 points, nine rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.2 steals, and a block per game. His overall box plus/minus of 4.9 also confirms the value Adebayo brings to the table, and to the Heat’s attempt to make a deep playoff run.</p><figure><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/HWYAAOSwhahgi41A/s-l1600.jpg"></figure><p>Bam Adebayo’s base PSA 10 Prizm NBA rookie card is valued at <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/194109611394?hash=item2d31d59d82:g:~zcAAOSw3KBglbc1">$200</a> on eBay right now. His gem-mint Silver card, meanwhile, goes for <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/373547529491?hash=item56f92af513:g:K-0AAOSwaXRgfa9T">$650</a>.</p><p> </p><h2><b>Kyrie Irving Cards</b></h2><p>In a triumvirate with Kevin Durant and James Harden, it’s surprising to know that Kyrie Irving has played the most games among the three. Harden has suited up for the Brooklyn Nets this season for 35 games, Durant played 33, while Irving leads them with 52.</p><p>In those games, the All-Star point guard notched 27.2 points, 4.8 rebounds, 6.2 assists, and 1.4 steals per 35.2 minutes. He’s also draining 56% of his shots from two and 40% from downtown. These stats have helped the Nets stay on top, even with prolonged absences from the Beard and the Slim Reaper throughout the whole season.</p><p> </p><figure><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ttgAAOSwBC1ggHpG/s-l1600.jpg"></figure><p>Irving’s base PSA 10 Prizm NBA rookie card was valued at <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/154423837273?hash=item23f460c259:g:ttgAAOSwBC1ggHpG">$1,128</a> when April ended. That price has dropped to <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/363386498005?hash=item549b85ebd5:g:FYMAAOSwXJ9glBHQ">$990</a> this week, due to the guard’s most recent injury.</p><p> </p><h2><b>RJ Barrett Cards</b></h2><p>Julius Randle’s surprising leap this season has pushed the New York Knicks back to the playoffs after eight years. Another factor that has made this return possible is RJ Barrett’s promising sophomore campaign.</p><p>This year, the second-year player is posting 17.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, and three assists in 35 minutes per game. Barrett’s three-pointer, an aspect of his game that widely criticized last season, has significantly improved from 32% to 39%.</p><figure><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/wRoAAOSwHEhgdNsA/s-l1600.png"></figure><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rookie-card-watch-3-bold-reasons-rj-barrett-huge-playoff-sleeper/">Maple Mamba’s PSA 10 Prizm NBA rookie card</a> was valued at <a href="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ttgAAOSwBC1ggHpG/s-l1600.jpg">$147.5</a> last April. Now, that price has gone up to a peak of <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/363330001421?hash=item549827da0d:g:khQAAOSwdPJgQYT4">$250</a>, and can even potentially go higher if Barrett goes off in a playoff game.</p><p> </p><h2><b>Paul George Cards</b></h2><p>After spending the offseason being criticized for a lackluster playoff performance in Orlando, Paul George has been on a mission all season long to prove his doubters wrong. The Los Angeles Clippers, who are currently holders of a 47-23 record, are greatly benefitting from George’s improvement this year.</p><p>The All-Star wing is currently posting 23.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, 5.2 assists, and 1.1 steals per game. George is also hitting 41% of his 7.7 attempts from beyond the arc, improving the Clippers’ spacing whenever he’s on the floor. As a result, his squad is the best three-point shooting team in the NBA with a 41.6% success rate from downtown.</p><p> </p><figure><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/6osAAOSwysBgiaAX/s-l1600.jpg"></figure><p> </p><p>George’s PSA 10 Prizm rookie card has gone up from <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/363303950130?hash=item54969a5732:g:TPwAAOSwIe1gNuz1">$250</a> when March started to <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/313514285225?hash=item48fee858a9:g:6osAAOSwysBgiaAX">$350</a> this month. Those who are having a hard time finding Kawhi Leonard’s rookie cards expensive or out of stock can go with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-reasons-kawhi-leonard-paul-george-cards-are-a-sneaky-great-investment/">PG13</a> this postseason.</p><p>Investing in these sidekicks presents a good opportunity to buy low now and earn a good profit down the line. With the playoffs around the corner and the offseason coming soon, you can expect the value of these guys to either take a dip or go up. Either way, you need to be vigilant to know when to sell or buy so your investment will stay safe no matter what.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaylen Brown and the 4 best star sidekicks overlooked in the NBA card market

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/celtics-news-jaylen-browns-timetable-to-return-from-wrist-surgery-revealed.jpg"></figure><h1>Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s return timetable from wrist surgery, revealed</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-05-13T12:10:11-07:00">May 13th, 12:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-05-13T12:10:49-07:00">May 13th, 12:10pm</time><address><a>Jason Patt</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-provides-update-following-season-ending-surgery/" rel="noopener">revealed he underwent surgery</a> on his left wrist Wednesday, and the team <a href="https://twitter.com/celtics/status/1392913927206543367" rel="noopener">officially announced</a> a recovery timetable of about three months on Thursday.</p><p>Brown had been dealing with his wrist injury for a while before it was finally determined he would undergo surgery and miss the remainder of a seemingly cursed 2020-21 season for Boston. The Celtics have undergone a ridiculous amount of adversity this season, from Brown’s surgery to Jayson Tatum’s COVID-19 battle to a bunch of other issues.</p><p>Add it all together and you get a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/boston-celtics/records" rel="noopener">35-35 team</a> that’s stumbling toward the play-in tournament. Boston just lost a fourth straight game on Wednesday night, this one to the lowly Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavs had entered the game losers of 11 straight.</p><p>Brown’s injury is especially a bummer given he was in the midst of a career year. The 24-year-old made his first All-Star Game and ended his season with averages of 24.7 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 34.5 minutes per game. He also shot an efficient 48.4% from the field and 39.7 from 3-land.</p><p>Without Brown, the Celtics are almost certainly cooked this season. Even if they get through the play-in round, they’ll have a date with one of the mighty teams at the top of the conference. With a healthy roster, Boston might have had a chance, but not now.</p><p>Brown will just have to rehab and get ready for next season. The Celtics are hoping 2021-22 won’t be nearly as nightmarish, and they should be better as long as Brown and Jayson Tatum are healthy.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s return timetable from wrist surgery, revealed

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Celtics-Jaylen-Brown.jpeg"><figcaption>Here's to a speedy recovery for Boston's star!</figcaption></figure><h1>Celtics star Jaylen Brown provides update following season-ending surgery</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-05-13T10:15:38-07:00">May 13th, 10:15am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-05-13T10:15:38-07:00">May 13th, 10:15am</time><address><a>Mitchell Widmeier</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Things have been spiraling downward for the Boston Celtics during the stretch run of the regular season. Perhaps taking all the wind out of their sails was Jaylen Brown recently being ruled out for the year and undergoing wrist surgery. Brown underwent the procedure and on Wednesday, provided an update.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="und">👍🏾 <a href="https://t.co/XDq87kKX3U" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/XDq87kKX3U</a></p><p>— Jaylen Brown (@FCHWPO) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCHWPO/status/1392633184437735424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">May 13, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>With a sling around his left arm and the cast protecting his left wrist, Brown is seen simply giving the thumbs-up after undergoing the season ending wrist surgery.</p><p>Brown was in the midst of his best year in the NBA. He was named to his first all-star game this year and joined his teammate Jayson Tatum in the festivities. Along with the all-star nod, <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/brownja02.html">Brown was averaging career-highs in points per game (24.7), assists (3.4), shooting percentage (48.4) and 3-point percentage (39.7)</a>.</p><p>The loss is a huge blow to the Celtics and their chances to advance in the postseason. After a loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/standings">Boston slipped to a locked in spot in the play-in tournament</a>.</p><p>Perhaps they can rally around and figure things out before it’s too late, Celtics fans have been waiting for just that all season long.</p><p>Losing Brown doesn’t help matters, it only turns the dire situation to an even bleaker one for Boston. Yet, there’s still plenty of talent on this team with the aforementioned Tatum along with Kemba Walker and countless others. There’s no doubting the Celtics didn’t believe they’d be clawing through the play-in tournament when the season started but now, that’s exactly where they will find themselves.</p><p>There’s still time left but losing Jaylen Brown can’t be minimized, it’s a massive gap in the Celtics lineup. Here’s to a speedy recovery for Jaylen Brown.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics star Jaylen Brown provides update following season-ending surgery

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image_2021-05-13_220717.png"></figure><h1>One bold move Celtics must make to become title contenders again after Jaylen Brown injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-05-13T07:15:30-07:00">May 13th, 7:15am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-05-13T09:19:33-07:00">May 13th, 9:19am</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/@rpsalao">R.P. Salao</a>Check out my best stuff on Medium - medium.com/@rpsalao.I also post quality NBA YouTube content - tinyurl.com/SalaoYouTube.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>This has been the absolute season from hell for the Boston Celtics. They’ve been dealt with a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/boston-celtics/injuries">myriad of injuries</a> and health complications all throughout the season, both COVID-19 related or otherwise.</p><p>Kemba Walker started off the year on the shelf, missing the team’s first 11 games. Walker would end up missing 27 total out of the team’s 70 games played. Marcus Smart has missed 22 games for the team as well.</p><p>Trade deadline addition Evan Fournier just started finding his shot with Boston when he got hit with COVID-19. In his words, it felt quite literal, as the Frenchman admitted to feeling concussed by the illness thereafter:</p><blockquote>“I’ve been feeling really weird, to be honest,” the Celtics addition said, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/celtics/2021/05/03/celtics-evan-fournier-playing-concussion-like-symptoms-after-covid/4926541001/" rel="nofollow noopener">via USA Today</a>. “My plan was to stop talking about it so it might help me, but the thing is it’s like I have a concussion. Right now, it’s actually doing a little bit better, but at first, the bright lights were bothering my eyes and my vision was blurry.</blockquote><p>But at the end of the day, the team is built around its two cornerstones: All-Stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. The Celtics actually started off the season hot, posting seven wins in their first 10 contests with both Tatum and Brown absolutely rolling.</p><p>When Jayson Tatum fell ill with COVID-19, things took a turn for the worse, with the Celtics never really recovering, and apparently <a href="https://nba.nbcsports.com/2021/02/17/jayson-tatum-still-dealing-with-covid-19-impacts-i-think-it-messes-with-your-breathing/">neither did he.</a> Despite a couple of minor win streaks that felt like they might be figuring it out (Fact check: they didn’t), the Celtics hovered around mediocrity throughout the rest of the season. They stand at 35-35 through 70 games, a fitting ode to a season where they didn’t really achieve much.</p><p>While the Celtics’ Tatum and Brown are surefire stars for years to come, franchise cornerstone stability has been fleeting in the NBA, as we’ve seen in the last few offseasons. That’s why the Celtics cannot rest on their laurels, trying to run it back with the same roster iterations over and over until Tatum and Brown get fed up. The Celtics must trade Marcus Smart.</p><h2>Trade Marcus Smart: The Huge Decline</h2><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image_2021-03-22_110242.png"></figure><p>While there are many factors that contributed to the Celtics’ lost season, arguably the biggest has been Marcus Smart. Celtics fans have had the longest love-hate relationship with Smart for years. He’s come up with some of the gutsiest plays throughout the team’s recent string of NBA playoff successes. He’s served as defensive agitator against opposing stars big or small and vocal leader when the team needs some fire to rally around.</p><p>Smart has been an integral part of the Celtics’ identity for years. But the difference this year is that Marcus Smart is gone.</p><p>Marcus Smart has always been an <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/smartma01.html">inefficient scorer.</a> He’s only shot above 40% from the field once in his entire seven-year NBA career. After improving his outside shot during the previous two seasons, he’s fallen back to an ugly 33% on nearly five attempts per contest.</p><p>But the reason Smart has been worth playing was always because of his defense and intangibles. During the past three seasons, the Celtics hung their hat on the defensive end. Last year, they ranked fourth in defensive rating in the entire NBA. The previous two years, the Celtics sixth and second in the NBA on the defensive side of the floor.</p><p>Smart has always led the charge in that department. But his defense has <a href="https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203935/advanced/?Season=2020-21&amp;SeasonType=Regular%20Season">seemingly fallen off a cliff.</a></p><p>His individual defensive rating numbers during those three years prior were absolutely stellar. His personal impact rated to 99.6 in 2018, 106.7 in 2019, and 104.6 in 2020. All those marks were well below the average line of scoring for opposing teams those seasons.</p><p>But this year, the Celtics have gone from a top 6 defense to a below-average one ranking at 18th in the NBA. Marcus Smart’s pedestrian defensive effort this season is a big reason why, with a defensive rating of just 111.3 which is basically league average.</p><p>So if Smart is playing as just a league-average defender, there’s absolutely no reason to put up with his crazy inefficient production on offense. This especially because both Tatum and Brown have no problem putting the ball in the basket.</p><p>While some would argue that Kemba Walker has been equally underwhelming this season, it would be virtually impossible to trade Walker <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/BOS.html">given his contract.</a> Marcus Smart’s deal is expiring after next season and is relatively palatable at under $15 million for a team willing to gamble on the veteran.</p><h2>How trading Smart impacts Celtics</h2><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Bradley-Beal-is-NBA_s-most-underrated-player-claims-Jayson-Tatum.jpg"></figure><p>Yes, you could hope his defense improves again next season. But with only just so few shots to contend with star players nowadays, it would serve Danny Ainge and the Celtics’ best interest to move Marcus Smart while he still has trade value.</p><p>But at the same time, getting rid of smart also allows their stars to learn how to play on the ball more.</p><p>Think of Jayson Tatum’s childhood friend and mentor Bradley Beal. The Washington Wizards star used to be known as the shooting guard playing off of ball-dominant John Wall. But with Wall being sidelined with injuries for two consecutive seasons, Beal had to learn how to be the alpha, and boy has that helped his game develop.</p><p>Bradley Beal has turned into a bona fide superstar. And while Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are already hovering around that level, with Tatum arguably already exceeding Beal depending on how bullish you are on him, the potential improvements they can make still ring true.</p><p>Beal’s assist numbers slowly crept up until his supernova season last year, averaging 30.5 points with a career-high 6.1 assists per game. While Tatum and Brown already generate 4.3 and 3.4 assists per game respectively, neither of them are considered elite playmakers for others just yet.</p><p>Marcus Smart actually leads the team in assists, often acting as a ball-dominant guard alongside the two star swingmen. But with his inability to space the floor well and just so-so passing ability, he’s definitely not the guy you need to unlock Tatum and Brown’s next gear.</p><p>At least with Kemba Walker, he shoots at a respectable rate from deep. If Tatum or Brown dish off for a Marcus Smart three instead of creating something themselves, the other team will live by that result.</p><p>Trading Marcus Smart could be addition by subtraction, and be the subtle change that impacts the Celtics in a big way.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

One bold move Celtics must make to become title contenders again after Jaylen Brown injury

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2020-21 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
24.7	6.0	3.4	0.6	1.2

2020-21 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
24.7	6.0	3.4	0.6	1.2